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Cindy Jacobs Chad Taylor & others - New Orleans
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A WORD TO THE AMERICAN CHURCH REGARDING NEW ORLEANS AND HURRICANE KATRINA
New Orleans is a hinge to the rest of America and our re-action to her will be a determining factor of our social and religious futures. It will also be a dividing line between who is sincerely standing in the gap and who is not. New Orleans will sift this nation like wheat and the judgment of it will begin in the House of God.
It will divide those who have a true prophetic heart and those who do not; the sheep will cry for compassion and begin to seek God for their own cities and streets, the goats will continue with business as usual fueling the machine of false hope and mis-led manifestations. Wooing the army into a slumber while the Captain of the Host is calling to the humble and courageous to engage the enemy and arrest our cities with His presence.
Many will be sifted in this time of unrest and unsettling and their motive will be laid bare. This current crisis will catapult the true church into the harvest fields with vengeance. A light will be seen over New Orleans in the coming days and kings will come to the brightness of its rising. A glory will be birthed from the chaos and on the anvil of tragedy a two-edges sword will be forged. On this sword is written: JUDGMENT AND JUSTICE.
A wave of judgment will begin to visit this nation vindicating the unborn and the murdered. Those that have prophesied "Peace, Peace" when there was no peace shall be found wanting and their cisterns broken. They will be bankrupt but spared. Many terrorist cells imbedded in America will be uncovered and to our dismay so will their connections to religious institutions and church bodies. I am taking the wool off the eyes of this nation and exposing the wolves in sheep's clothing says the Lord. Watch this and be amazed.
I am removing the tables of the money changers and the robbers that have paraded as prophets but are not. Apostles falsely so called that have bred a movement out of false pretense and pride will be uncovered and undone. The shepherds that have abandoned my flock and left them lying in the streets un-fed and un-covered will pass under my Shepherd's rod this year and I will prove their hearts if they are for Me or against Me. I will leave them to their own devices and it will be to their demise.
The heart of Jeremiah will be released and My prophets will speak the true word of the Lord. They will not continue to succumb to the will of man and the desire of the people. They will stand in the gates of the city with a two-edged sword discerning the intents of the heart. They will cry "GRACE GRACE" to this mountain of injustice that faces us. Woe be to them if they preach not my word for necessity has been laid upon them in this hour.
I am sounding the alarm in My holy mountain and I am calling a solemn assembly. Take away from Me the sound of your songs and the sounds that you have invented, but let judgment run down as waters and righteousness as a mighty stream. Plead the cause of the fatherless and judge the case for the widow and orphan in affliction. Open up your storehouses and release that which is mine that you have re-possessed. I will account for every jot and tittle in this time of sifting and require it at your hand. For this is a nation in the balances and the hour of judgment in My house has begun.
Now watch and wonder at what is about to happen says the Lord. This place that you call New Orleans will be made NEW and I will restore what has been devoured. From this city under siege will come forth an army from the North, South, East and West that will be moved by compassion to heal the leper. I will remove the political obstacles that are a stumbling block to My will and set on course a revival. It will shake the foundation of what is called church and the foundations will be discovered. Stand your ground O ye saints for the bell of justice will now toll.
Two principalities have fallen and the heavens are in the throes of violence. My people will occupy and I will come to judge and make war. I am usurping a ancient spirit that has abided in the South and the gates of justice are swinging wide. I am breaking the "Bible Belt" and replacing it with the Belt of Truth equipping the saints for ministry. This city under seige will see a great light the glory of the Lord will arise.
Chad Taylor
www.consumingfire.com
chadtaylor@consumingfire.com
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CINDY JACOBS PROPHESIES OVER NEW ORLEANS, THE NIGHT BEFORE KATRINA HITS LAND, SUNDAY, AUGUST 28
By Cindy Jacobs
Generals International
www.generals.org
"I don't know if you watched the news today, but there's a hurricane bearing down on New Orleans. Actually, when I was there in 2000, I prophesied that a great flood would come and cover the whole city if they didn't pray.
Of course, we don't want that to happen, but God wanted to purify and cleanse the city. And I know that Chuck Pierce prophesied about how everyone would run to Baton Rouge for refuge, and a wave of cleansing would come upon New Orleans -- winds of change and winds of cleansing would come."
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The following prophecy was given around 7:00 pm on August 28, 2005, at Sojourn Church in Carrolton, TX.
"For the Lord says, 'I do not wink at wickedness!' And God says, 'I am coming to cleanse, cleanse, cleanse. I am coming to bring a great revival of the Holy Spirit,' says the Lord.
'I am sending My revival fire. It's going to begin at the mouth of the Mississippi; it's going to go all the way up the Mississippi, to Minnesota.'
"I am coming with My power. . ."
God says, 'I am coming with My power, and I am coming with My Glory. And I am getting ready to shake everything that can be shaken,' says the Lord. 'I am coming with My shaking power, but after the shaking,' says God, 'There is going to come a time for the body of Christ in Louisiana and Alabama and the panhandle of Florida.
'There is coming a time of great exaltation of My people, where I am getting ready to restore properties, houses and lands -- in ways greater than they can imagine, greater than they can dream.
"The churches will be full of My glory. . ."
'The churches will be full of My glory,' says the Lord. 'The churches will be full, even in Mobile Bay -- the bay of the Holy Spirit. I am coming to visit with My fire.'
And the Lord says, 'Do not let your hearts be afraid. For I am greater than your current circumstances,' says the Lord.
'And I am coming to change and do a new thing.'"
Amen
By Cindy Jacobs
Generals International
www.generals.org
--- After New Orleans ---
Steven Bliss
Via GodSpeak.org mailing
Released 5th Sept 2005
Even now my church
I have called you into action of mercy and helps.
I have called you to minister reconciliation.
Yet even now, I hear the tones of indifference.
I sense the ways of my enemy among you, my people.
I hear accusations and condemnations of the victims
and those who have stepped forth to help.
Even now you have opportunity, yet you wait.
What are you waiting for?
What clear invitation could be made?
Change your heart, let it not become hardened.
Let it break at the pictures and newscasts sent forth.
I weep for the lost, those slaughtered and blinded by the enemy. You will be accountable. Your actions at the leadings of my heart will bring judgment.
Declare life!
Judge yourself that I might render a verdict.
The blood of my son has been shed.
Do not waste it.
Declare life. Cry forth to me. Declare my ways to the destitute. Send
forth praise into the winds
That salvation can be accomplished.
Release your tears of intercession, even now my people.
I have called you mine. Move in concert with my Spirit.
Even now there is opportunity all about you. It is not too late.
Steven Bliss
4th Sept 2005
Teresa Seputis
Intercessor/Prophet
Speaks Prophetic word for New Orleans
http://www.godspeak.org
[Note previous words via Teresa speak of weighing rather than judgement].
I really haven't had the time I want to press into God to hear Him about
what happened in New Orleans because I am so busy getting ready for my
Asia trip. But at this point I do believe (this is my impression and not
a "thus sayeth the Lord") that the US has moved from the place of being
observed (weighed/measured) to the place of judgement and being found
wanting. I do not believe that any of the recent previous huricanes to
Florada were judgments, I think they were a lifting of the Lord's hand of
protection as a warning or wakeup call. However, this time I got the
sense from the Lord that Katrina was a judgment -- not just on New Orleans
but on the whole USA. I hope we as a country will have a response to
God that will cause Him to lift any future judgments -- I know that is
His heart's desire for us -- Mercy not judgment if only we (as a country)
will submit to His will.
I have been feeling prompted to go back and look at the prophesy that was
released on the prophetic-word list on the day that Katrina struck. I did
that this morning and I was amazed at it.. because it contains instructions
on how God want us to respond to His judgment. It is a word on faith and
I had been looking at it in terms of proactive faith. But this time I
saw it in terms of reactive faith, e.g., how to respond to God's judgment
on New Orleans and the USA. I would like to share this word with you
in this light...
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~This word is submitted by Teresa Seputis (ts@godspeak.org)
Dare To Believe
Child, one of your greatest problems is that you don't always believe Me and
you do not always take Me at My word. You have read so many of the promises
in My word and thought to yourself, "That is not for me" or "This is not for
today" or "He doesn't really mean that."
Child, I am the God of Truth -- I say what I mean and I mean what I say.
I am the God who cannot lie and I do not change. If I have given a promise,
then I have every intention of fulfilling it, and I also have the ability to
fulfill it. I am the God of all power, and no man can stay My hand and no
force can prevent My promises from coming to pass. Yet there is one thing
that can stop them.
My children, many of My promises are conditional -- they depend on you and
on your response to Me. They are of the nature "If you will do this, then I
will do that..." They require something from you. If you will do your part,
then I will surely do My part. But if you fail to uphold your end, then
neither will I uphold Mine.
I have spelled some of these out for you very clearly, such as: "If My people
will humble themselves and pray, then I will hear from heaven and I will
heal your land."** Such promises make your part clear, and show explicitly
what I require of you to receive the promise from My hand. And if you will
do what I ask of you, you will see the promise come to pass on your behalf.
Others of My promises are a bit more subtle, but true none the less. Look
at what My Son said in the gospel of John:*** "Whoever believes in Me, the
works that I do, he shall also, and even greater works than these will he
do." The condition is in the promise: simply to believe, to take Me at
My word, to have faith that I mean and will do what I say. This same
condition applies to so many of My proimses -- you must have faith that I
mean what I say. You must dare to believe.
Child, persistent faith is the key that will unlock the promises I have
made to you. I often do not give you a time frame, and after a very short
delay you become frustrated and decide that I am not going to keep My word
to you. Then you give up and you stop believing. But child, I want you to
press through in faith. Know deep within your innermost spirit that I am
good and I am faithful and I am able. Know that He who promised you will
deliver, and stand firm in that knowledge. Persist in the face of doubtful
circumstances. Know that I am the God of all truth Who always keeps My word.
Trust Me and dare to believe, then you will surely receive that which I
have promised you.
Stand firm, child of Mine, and dare to believe.
** 2 Chronicles 7:14
*** John 14:12
So let us begin responding to His word by humbling ourselves as a nation
and praying -- and by believing that God will restore us and heal our
land.
Blessings
Teresa Seputis
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Chuck Pierce
September 2, 2005
Dear Friends:
We must pray and intercede on behalf of those traumatized along the Gulf Coast areas. We are entering into a level of warfare in the earth that is beyond our present mindset and paradigm.
In these seven years of war, God has been preparing us for what is ahead. We are ending the fourth year and approaching the fifth year.
We need supernatural grace to deal with lawless structures in days ahead. I want to be real honest, when I wrote "The Future War of the Church" explaining the anti-Christ system and lawlessness, many criticized and scoffed at the concept of the level of warfare that we would be encountering in days ahead.
Please, please prepare yourself for these next three years. Use the prayer points below to begin to engage spiritual forces in ways that we have never understood in the past. The following prophetic word is from the revelation that came forth on August 12 in our FirstFruits Gathering built around covenant alignment.
WORD OF THE LORD THAT CAME FORTH ON AUGUST 12, 2005
To the United States of America ... "Know that today this nation is being realigned. Get ready, for refuge cities will begin to arise throughout this land. They will begin to rise up from state to state to state all along the East coast, all along the Gulf, and all along the West coast.
"I am raising up refuge cities. Florida is resisting the development of My plan, but I will cause a strong remnant to arise in this state. I AM even beginning to train those in cities that will know how to move forward. Many of you have wondered: 'Why am I not involved here or there - why do I seem to be shelved?' I will begin to assign you to be a part of those groups that will aid My next move in the earth.
"This will come because of great shakings, floods and disease structures that are forming. I AM assigning you now to spread My Good News. I AM developing ears to hear My grace. There is a shifting now of compassion and mercy, for I need My healers to be ready to be released throughout the land.
"...To those in law enforcement and public authority, lawlessness is beginning to rise and escalate. Many of you who have prayed will become discouraged as you see statistics change. Lift up your heads. This is the beginning of dividing and exposing the real source of covenant breaking and violence that is seething in this land. I will give you strategies over how to defeat major lawless structures. These strategies are but temporary measures, so remain on alert from this day forward."
Ask God to teach you about lawlessness.
Ask the Lord to build a shield of faith around you.
Ask the Lord to have you be more responsive to prophecy. (The word to Baton Rouge in 2003 was "you will become a refuge city" [referenced in "Releasing the Prophetic Destiny of a Nation"]. In 2004, the word given in Baton Rouge was on purification coming to New Orleans. You can read this word here: http://www.elijahlist.com/words/display_word.html?ID=2459)
Don't lean on your own understanding. We are entering into a supernatural dimension.
Bind the accuser who is working in the earth realm to bring division in the midst of crisis.
Begin to set a blood line barrier at the 150 mile radius around the victimized area. How do you do that? You get up and decree by the Spirit of God that there is a supernatural shield set so that the enemy's plan cannot invade that barrier. Cry out for angelic forces to visit individuals that are crying out in these areas. Ask for angels to HELP in this structure of lawlessness that is operating in this part of the earth.
Pray for those that are serving as refuge cities – Houston, Baton Rouge, and others.
In the midst of trauma, always let God show you areas in our lives that can be purified. Bind condemnation and ask God to purify us where we have been weak in the past. In intercession, what you identify ... purify. Ask God to purify areas where we have allowed the enemy to take control.
Pray for supernatural, unexplained healings to start occurring in individuals.
Ask for the Holy Spirit to invade this situation.
Yes, this situation could be a result of the Gaza Strip crisis in Israel. Yes, this situation could be a result of the spiritistic decadence that goes on in New Orleans. Yes, this situation could be a result because of the slave entry through New Orleans. Yes, this situation could be a result of the gambling along the coast line. Yes, this could be because of the Circuit Court System in New Orleans taking its stand on behalf of abortion in the land. However, the issue right now is to let the Spirit of God rise up within you and for you begin to cry out in the midst of this situation in a way that you have never cried out before.
Job 22:30 says, "He will even deliver the one [for whom you intercede] who is not innocent; yes, he will be delivered through the cleanness of your hands." (AMP)
Once you have lived through severe trauma, you realize that pointing a finger is not necessary !!!
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The prophetic word I took into Kentucky this year, which forms the basis of the teaching we do. Every blessing Heather. Added Aug 2005
ITS TIME TO RUN WITH THE HORSES.
Heather Butler
http://www.ourchurch.com/member/k/keys/
Jeremiah 12.5.
John 16.
Jeremiah 17.7.
1. In September of last year I had a vision concerning Kentucky, it was while I was emailing Carolyn Hays about coming into Kentucky to speak. This will form the basis of what I have to say to you today.
A I saw an open heaven, a rolling back of the heavens, as the lord gets ready to release fire from heaven. The fire will consume those who have cried and who are hungry and thirsty, although it is a costly fire it is greater than gold.
B As the dross is burned away I see what could have been devastation turn into a most fruitful place. I entered in and saw men on white horses protecting the harvest, standing watch to protect the yield.
C I watched as a whirlwind came and whipped up the fire, and planted it in neighbouring towns. A funnel of fire swept from Kentucky across the nation keeping the enemy at bay and releasing the anointing of the glory of God.
D The enemy wants to kill you, and the Father needs you to die so that He can live in you.
E The men on white horses are without fear, they have been tested by the fire, consumed by its flames, they know what is expected of them to run with the spirit of the Lord wherever He will Lead.
F There are those who have not yet learned to run with the horses, those who fear change and challenge. The Lord says to you, “Do not be afraid, as I was with your forefathers so I will be with you, stop looking at what has gone before, I am doing a new thing. I have opened the doorways of heaven to pour out my heart upon this place to lavish my bride with every good thing. But first comes the fire.
G Will you run with the fire of God in your bones, will you allow me to consume your every thought take your ambitions and strip you of everything that you are and replace your thoughts and ambitions with my perfect will for you.Come run with me, stand with me, even unto death, I am calling you, prepare ye the way.
The fathers heart has been moved by the fervent prayers of the people of this land. He has been preparing you for this time, to enable you to step into the prophetic words that have been spoken out over this state and the surrounding states. You are the people chosen to run with this word, but before you run with this word there are criteria that have to be met.
For those who have hungered and thirsted I want to say two things, the fire is costly, but if you really desire to be used as a vessel of the lord in this place then you must welcome the fire.
This message is only part of the picture that the lord has given Mary and I to run with, there are dreams and visions, teachings and scripture, all of it has prepared prayfully and with you in mind. We want you to know that the Lord is watchful of you here today.
Jeremiah 17.7
If you are to blaze a trail across Kentucky and into the United States of America and make a difference in this place we need to be reminded of who we are in Christ.
To win a nation to the Lord takes more than who we are of ourselves, but take heart, we are not alone. The Lord has given us this word to run with throughout Wales and into the nations igniting sparks within the hearts of men women and children. We Dare to believe that inspite of ourselves Jesus in us and Jesus in you can make a difference in this land through your faith in Him we will watch as the prophesies spoken over Kentucky and Virginia begin to unfold before our very eyes.
Many see prophesy and revival as a wonderful thing, they want to hear about the latest trends, the places to go where there is a move of God so that they can sit and catch hold of something, and tell everyone what a wonderful time they had, we’ve all been there and done that, its great to go to conferences and be encouraged, but if the word is not a life changing whirlwind of faith that is beginning to grab hold of your soul so that you can hardly contain it then what is it for.
We need to begin to understand what it is that the Lord is saying to us, so that we can make the right decisions in our quest to win this state for the lord.
The fire of God is all consuming, we sing songs about the fire with gusto and fervour but what does it actually mean for us to say that we want to be touched by the fire of God.
In Luke 3 - 16 there is an interesting verse, it says that He who comes after me will baptise you with Spirit and with fire.
I looked up the word fire in the context of this verse and in the Greek it means lightening! How illuminating is that!
This verse is talking about a suddenly event that is going to happen in your life. Do you know what happens when lightening strikes, it comes suddenly, it heats up the air around it to five times the temperature, nothing can stop it and where there is a strike a direct hit you know about it, because there is evidence of it having touched the earth. It leaves its mark!
How often have you heard people say, Oh this is such a dry barren land, its such a wilderness, its dead, and dry, crime is on the up and they feel a hopelessness about the situation, don’t panic, this is a great place to be, don’t be concerned or worried, because God has one of those suddenleys that he is about to pour out in this place and its your choice as to whether you are part of this new move of God or not.
What will the fire do, well I can tell you its not just about a happy clappy time in church. The fire will firstly burn away all that is within us that is not Godly. Have you ever seen or and heard what happens when lightening strikes dry barren tinder dry land, first comes the sound a sudden explosion of heat hit’s its target and instantly vroomph wild fire! The sound is tremendous a roar of pure combustable energyThe roar is tremendous, fire races from tree to tree within seconds, so ferocious is the fire that once its taken once the fire has taken hold its hard to put out, it consumes everything within its path and renders it to ashes. All that is left is a smouldering carpet of hot ash.
But what does this mean for us as churches and individuals? The lord desires to strip us of everything that would raise its self up against His will and purpose for our life and in this land. Just as Fire is indiscriminate, it burns whatever is in its path, you need to know that if you invite the lord to touch you with his fire so that you can become a Christian who is bold and able to win this nation to the kingdom of heaven then there is a personal price to pay.
In Joel it fortells of an event which was to come, and we see the fulfilment and fullness of that prophetic word as it comes to pass and we can read of this amazing event in Acts 2. There was a preparation time before the disiples ‘suddenly’ came. We are a church that has been in preparation in these last days.
Lets just look at this a moment,what a roller coaster of a ride the deciples had been on.
We have a group of people gathered together in a room, all had been so devastated by the death of Jesus, all there hopes and dreams they had seen nailed to a cross and put into the tomb, they have since seen Jesus and been with him, and watched as he ascended into heaven, and now they are expectantly waiting for him to come. Not one of them in doubt, not one of them in fear, hungry thirsty men who want to fulfil the destiny of God in their lives to reach the lost. They were men with no agenda of there own, they were men sold out and lost in the love of the one who loved them so much.
We as the body of Christ are waiting for that suddenly to come.
The Tabernacle of Fire, the dwelling place of the lord.
There they were gathered, suddenly a sound comes, not a quiet gentle breeze, but the violent sound of a tempest blast entered into the whole house. Are you hearing this, a phenomenal thing happened here, the affect filled the whole house, church, you are a body, and this move of God that is about to break free is to fill the house with his presence his glory his with signs and wonders like you have never seen before, all of it deposited within the tabernacle of fire that is imparted within us.
Church we have been on a roller coaster of a ride fo centuries, all on the same journey, some are screaming, others crying, some enjoying the ride hands lifted into the air and shouting about how awesome this is, but ultimately we are all on the same ride going to the same destination and we need one another. Its rare you will see someone on the ride alone, in the queue to will see others encouraging there friends, come on, get on , you’ll be fine we are with you! How many would forgo the ride with out the encouragement of the others.
This is no longer about us, this next move of the Lord is soley about Him and about His mission to save the lost before His return. We are about get on the ride of our lives are we ready for that!
Did you know that when you were filled with the holy spirit you were given a deposit that was powerful enough to shake this world to its core! You are the weapon of mass destruction that the lord intends to use against the enemy in these last days. Greater is him that is in us than him that is in the world, The word of God does not lie, and yet we have allowed the enemy to steal the very essence of who we are in Christ away from us, instead he had replaced the truth with unbelief and bondage. We have become a barren land, the promises and wisdom and power of God has been buried in the sands of time, we have to retrieve those treasures and spend them on this word to bring release, forgiveness and life.
We have forgetten who we are church, the disiples were filled with the spirit, in acts 2 the amplified version verse 4 its say they were all filled (diffused throughout their souls!) with the Holy Spirit. The Holy spirit was given for a purpose, these men knew what that purpose was, and did something about it, they didn’t hesitate, they didn’t count the cost, they had walked with the lord, they knew what was expected and gladly unto death carried out the will of the father upon the earth until He comes again. Peter who had denied christ was later hung upside down and crucified on a cross.
If you cannot keep up with the foot men how will you run with the horses.
This is the day of your great commision, how do we know, because we have been given this word for you, and we have dared to believe it and call it into being being by faith, even now as we speak a stirring is beginning in your soul, you can feel this, even if you don’t understand it.
URGENT TO INTERCESSORS FROM BOB JONES & JONI AMES
JONIAMES@aol.com
Jul 13, 2005
Dear Friends,
Bob Jones had a dream this week, and felt it was expedient to get it out to the intercessors for prayer. It concurred with something the Lord also had given to me awhile back.
In the dream, Bob saw a Medal of Honor dripping in blood, and felt the Lord quickened him that this was a warning in regard to terrorism the enemy is attempting to bring forth in the USA at the present time.
Bob said that his sensing was that terrorists may try to do something similar to the TET offensive N. Vietnam did during the Vietnamese war. It was a terrible, unexpected sneak attack on many cities in the same day.
Awhile back, I'd felt a similar warning - that the enemy would try to attack so many places (possibly as many as 30) at one time that panic and chaos would fill our streets.
When a warning like this is given, we can come against the plans of the enemy in prayer so that we may either stop it or lessen its' intensity.
We are at war in both the natural and in the spirit. Matt. 11:12 tells us that "The kingdom of heaven suffers violence, and the violent take it by force." But our weapons are MIGHTY.
2 Cor. 10:3-4 reminds us that OUR weapons are SPIRITUAL, NOT carnal, and are totally effective to pull down the strongholds of the enemy: (4) "For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war according to the flesh." (4) "For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal but mighty in God for pulling down strongholds."
Let's pray Psalm 35, that the enemy would be turned back, brought to confusion, and caught in his own snare! Also Psalm 91 and Isaiah 54.
(Also see related articles: PANIC ATTACK & TERROR ALLERT ELEVATED at www.joniames.org )
Blessings,
Joni Ames
PRAYER ALERT
Oregon and the so called "ring of fire" (Please pray)
Geoff Sadler
Jun 15, 2005
On the news just now it was talking about the possible Tsunami and how the area from California around to Washington state is called the ring of fire. This is because of the fault line that runs underneath the areas and because Mount St Helens, which recently erupted again, is also in.
I really feel that it is IMPERATIVE that we pray for these areas at the moment. One, because I'm living here but also because many other people are living here also. I'm taking this deadly serious at the moment. Please pray with us that people will be warned in time and that all life is saved if anything should happen.
Pray that the "Ring of fire" area from California to Washington state, including Oregon will be protected.
There is much the bible talks about concerning healing the land. Pray that Christians here will have wisdom and discernment as far as how to pray in this regard. That they will take it SERIOUSLY and not pass it off as some kind of superstition.
UNITED STATES and North America
Mike Edds
The following is a prophetic word that the Lord gave to me for the African American Believer. Please pass it on to whom the Lord directs you.
God bless.................Mike Edds
"SETTLING ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE JORDAN"
A few years ago while living near the beautiful mountain village of Summersville, West Virginia, I had a most extraordinary dream. The dream was divided into four parts. In the first part, I was leaving my position as the Head of School in a private school. Secondly, one of my teachers was elevated to my former position. Thirdly, the board chairman who had lived in the community all of her life was moving away. In the fourth part of the dream, I was preaching to a large African American church on the subject, "You Have Settled on the Other Side of the Jordan." In the dream, this great church had accomplished much and possessed a great national ministry. However, the Lord said that they had not reached the fulfillment of their divine destiny. As I preached, the powerful presence of the Lord descended in that mighty church. He began to give revelation and direction concerning the immense destiny that He had planned for them. The church exploded in worship and praise. I awakened from the dream.
The first three parts of the dream happened within a few months. I resigned from my position, the teacher I saw in the dream became the interim Head of School, and the board chairman and her husband sold their family business and left town. However, the fourth part of the dream did not immediately happen. In fact, I did not understand this portion of the dream. Five years passed as I continually pondered the dream in my heart.
One year ago, I was invited to conduct a grant writing workshop and preach at a large African American church in Chicago. I still did not understand the meaning of the message, "You Have Settled On the Other Side of the Jordan" but the Lord directed me to preach this message. As I studied the Word, the incredible prophetic meaning of the message in the dream was revealed.
Two and a half tribes of the Israelites found the rich farm and grazing lands to the east of the Jordan River to their liking. The tribes of Gad, Reuben, and half of the large tribe of Manasseh decided to settle on the "other side" of the Jordan and thus not cross over into the promised land. Moses and Joshua had given them permission to do so but with one major requirement, their warriors must led the battle in taking the Promised Land. Joshua chapter 3 records the miraculous parting of the flooded Jordan. The priests led the procession through a dry, divine path made through the flood waters. True to their agreement, 40,000 warriors of the two and a half tribes took the lead in the battle. Their divine destiny was to assume the reigns of leadership in battle and bring the rest of the tribes into their promised destinies and lands. What a great mantle of ministry was laid upon Gad, Reuben and half of Manasseh!
The Lord began to reveal the divine destiny that He has for HIS African American people. I was given an article written by Susan Castell which stunned me. The prophetic word given to her concerning African American believers was identical to what the Lord was revealing to me. She wrote:
" You have come to this land for such a time as this. It is now time to lay aside the weight of racial hatred and the sin of unforgiveness which so readily clings to and entangles you. It is now time to forget what lies behind and to reach forth to what lies ahead. It is now time to arise and seek Me for the fulfillment of your divine destiny.
Just as the survival of ancient Egypt and Israel rested on the shoulders of Joseph (a man sold into slavery by his brothers and carried away to a foreign land), so does the very survival of this great nation of America rest upon you. It is now time to embrace My plan and to allow Me to birth within you the heart and the attitude of Joseph who was able to forgive his brothers and those who had enslaved and imprisoned him. It is now time to embrace the cross of My Son and become a great blessing in the land of your captivity.
Even as man has seemingly succeeded in humbling you to the very lowest of places, so will I exalt you to the very highest place, even to the very throne of My Glory. As you humble yourselves under My mighty hand and allow the mind and heart of Christ to be formed in you, you will experience supernatural healing and deliverance from the many and deep wounds inflicted by those who have degraded, despised and humiliated you. As you identify with My Son and you begin to cry out: "Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do", you will enter into a new dimension of My Grace and Glory, and you will receive the revelation of Jesus Christ and His Resurrection power which your hearts have been hungering for.
It is now time to understand that all history, including Black History, is HIS STORY. It is now time to lift up your eyes above man's agenda and catch the vision of My agenda. It is now time to declare with Joseph: "As for you, you thought evil against me, but G-d meant it for good, to bring about that many people should be kept alive..." (Gen. 50:20)
Arise my people, my Joseph company, whom I have brought from afar and planted in this land for such a time as this. Look unto Me and I will unveil the meaning of your history. Look unto Me and I will reveal the mystery of your many and long sufferings. I am the L-rd your G-d, and besides Me, there is no other. Look unto Me and be healed of the wounds of your captivity. Look unto Me and I will make you free to be my instruments of healing and deliverance in this land of your divine destiny."
The fullness of the prophetic meaning of the message, "Settling on the Other Side of the Jordan," came into full focus. The Great Awakening that is soon to burst upon this world as a final witness will be led by a "Joseph Company" that God has been preparing for a long time. This Awakening will bring God's holy remnant together as a Bride without spot or wrinkle. Divisions, separations, and walls will collapse as the Church comes together to fulfill her final destiny. Each tribe that composes the Church has a promised destiny, a place of promise to occupy. Leading the way to bring all tribes of believers into that fulfillment will be the African American believer. Just like Gad, Rueben and Manesseh, the mantle of leadership will rest upon them. God is an excellent bookkeeper. All of the weary years and generations of blood, sweat, tears, unpaid slave wages and rejection WILL BE PAID IN FULL! It will not come from the White House, the Supreme Court or from Congress. It will come from the hand of the mighty God! Just like Joseph, they will be suddenly ushered from obscurity to the fullness of divinely appointed leadership. What man meant for evil, God will turn into good for the saving of many lives. The mantle of leadership will be laid upon them by a divine Hand. They will lead the rest of us into our appointed destinies. I believe that the Holy Spirit is stirring within them now. Divine gifts within that have been given for this prophetic hour are now being activated and released. Understanding of the long night of their suffering is being revealed to them. The heart of Joseph is reaching perfection within them. God calls them to fulfill their destiny. The Jordan has parted before them. They lead the way for the rest of the Body of Christ to follow. Pay day has finally come!
The final part of the dream was fulfilled. I preached this message to the great church in Chicago. The Lord came down in that service!
Isn't it incredibly ironic that God would reveal and speak this message through a white man, a descendant of slave owners from the South, a region that once deprived them of their most basic rights. Isaiah 60:10 states, " The sons of your oppressors will come bowing before you. All who despised you will bow at your feet." God fulfilled the words of the prophet on the day I preached the message, "You Have Settled on the Other Side of the Jordan." May God bless this these divinely called leaders of the Coming Awakening.
"O Africa, let my right hand forget her cunning. If I do not plead thy cause, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth." - Lyman Beecher
UNITED STATES
This word is submitted by Teresa Seputis (
(ts@godspeak.org)
A Word For the United States Of America
America, America, oh how I desire to bless you! There was a time when
you, as a nation, bore My name and honored Me in all you did. But the
enemy has come in with much corruption and deception and has turned many
from the paths of righteousness. He has risen up against you with cries
of judgment and condemnation. He stands before My throne, at times,
crying out to Me that I destroy you as I destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.
It is not My heart to destroy you; no, it is not. My heart is to restore
you -- but you must be willing and you must cooperate with Me in the
process. You must turn to Me and yield to My Spirit as I begin to sweep
through your nation once again. I am not calling to the unrighteous
at this time, but to those who call themselves by My name. Children,
respond to Me. Humble yourselves before Me and lay aside the great
knowledge that you claim you have -- and learn of Me. Learn My ways and
walk in them. Learn what it is to be in intimacy with Me, to give Me a
priority of your time. Learn what it is to walk in holiness and purity.
Learn what it is to speak words of life and blessing instead of words of
grumbling or complaining or cursing.
It is My heart and My desire to restore this nation to once again be a
nation that is called by My name and that brings glory to Me. I desire
to unleash great power and great authority in My church. I desire that
My people lay aside the snares of the world and wholeheartedly embrace
My ways. I desire that My people become a healing balm for their nation.
It is not My heart and My desire that so many die of AIDS and of cancer.
I want to raise up a church that walks in My power and love, that this
church might bring healing to their nation. I want to release such
supernatural power and healing that those who are sick will flock to My
people to be healed. I want to release a righteous freedom and liberty,
that will break off the bondages and oppressions of the enemy over those
who do not yet know Me. I want to turn the lost within your borders to
Myself and release great revival in your midst.
I am calling the lost to Myself within your nation. Already you have seen
My Spirit stirring among them, startling even the secular news media with
their desire to return to family values. Do you not recognize what that
is? That is My Spirit moving on the people of this nation, stirring their
hearts and causing them to yearn for My righteousness. I have already
stirred Myself on your behalf. Now, My people, I ask you to rise up
in response to what My Spirit is doing. Join Me, My children, in reaching
your nation.
Cleanse your garments and rend your hearts and respond to Me. As you run
to Me, I will not turn you away and I will not reject you. No child, I
will respond to you and draw you even closer. It is time to put aside the
distractions that keep you from Me. Seek Me and you will surely find Me --
and not only you My children, but your whole nation. For if My people who
are called by My name will seek Me with their whole heart then I will
restore their nation. I will cause holiness and godly values to rise up in
all sectors of your land, even among the lost. And I will cause the
healing flow of My love to come forth from My own as a sweet fragrance
that will reach those who do not yet know Me.
No, America, I do not speak words of death over you at this time. I speak
words of life and release, words of healing and restoration. Respond to
Me, America, that I might do what I desire in your midst. I desire to
once again cover you with My wings and place My protection back over you.
I desire to cause you to rise up as a great nation in Me. You have written
on your currency "In God We Trust" -- and I desire to restore that trust.
I desire to restore faith in your land. I desire to do great things in
your midst. I desire to heal your economy and I desire to bring My glory
to your shores. I desire to make you great in Me, that you might bring
glory to My name.
And America, I will do all these things for you if only My people will
seek Me with their whole hearts, commit to obey Me and walk in My ways.
Turn back to Me, My children of this nation, with your whole heart. Then
I will turn to you with My whole heart and rise up on behalf of your
nation to restore it, to heal its people and to bring life and revival
to your land.
So respond to Me now, My children, and honor Me in all you do. My plans
for you are good and they are life. So turn from your own ways and
embrace them. Then I will bless you as a people and I will bless your
nation for your sake. And I will bring My glory once again to your land.
A PROPHETIC WORD FOR UNITED STATES
The anointing of 'Humility' is coming to America
Geoff Sadler
http://www.injesus.com/Groups/Messages.cfm?GroupID=DB006IJI
30 Jan 2005
In the coming months there is going to be an 'unusual' anointing coming to America. It's the anointing of 'Humility'. The Lord says "I will make you a model 'A beautiful model' and in you, the world will see the word 'Humility' for as a bride is bashful so you will be bashful as I lavish my love upon you and fill you with potent wine, the wine of my Spirit.
Come with me my darling
Walk with me in the garden of dreams I am your dream The American dream It is me that you long for It is me who can satisfy It is me who you're looking for And I have found you."
UNITED STATES
A word of the Lord for USA
In the last 100 years, the church in US has been in the forefront carrying the work of God and pushing the borders of the kingdom of God in US and throughout the world. From the Azusa street revival to the extremes we see in televangelism in the late twentieth century, the American church is typical of the Laodicean church.
Its emphasis on money, its method and its justification of this emphasis will be judged. No doubt there are many good people and good ministries who are aware of this wrong and are trying to correct this. While the European church espouses the doctrinal extreme of their view of money after the first millennium of Christianity - St Francis of Assisi (about 1200AD) considered himself married to poverty - the American church has moved to the opposite extreme side of developing doctrinal strains and methodology espousing wealth in the second millennium of Christianity.
In spite of all these extremes, God has continued to work with the American church mightily. While many would only see a message of doom for USA, God's grace will still sustain those who are genuinely of the Lord and whose hearts are pure in His sight. However, the church in USA will no longer have the influence and world dominion that it has before.
It will be a difficult time for the genuine because they are going to live in the midst of Sodom and Gomorrah. Where sin abounds, grace will even more abound for those who love the Lord living in such difficult times. God will remove the proponents of Laodicean wealth who have a mighty voice in the nation until they are but a whisper. Instead, He will raise on high voices of moderation and purity in the land of the free - the great nation of the USA.
For those who seek holiness, their garments will shine bright and visible throughout the world as they seek to raise a standard of light in the darkness that confronts them. We all should be grateful to the American church which through its freedom has been able to experiment (sometimes to the extreme) various methods and doctrinal understanding of which many of us have been blessed. All who have been blessed should not adopt all the methodology and styles of the American church but rather develop their own from their understanding of the Scriptures.
A PROPHETIC WORD FOR UNITED STATES
Dream of the Cleansing of America
Yohani Wolfgram
http://www.pressie.org/DreamsJulyAugust2004.doc
A dream that he had in 1989 seeing the future of America as told to a close friend.
It was a dream of the cleansing of America.
Here are a few salient points that he mentioned:
* The Big economic collapse which leads to chaos will occur in the last year of the 2nd term of the son of George Bush who will become president.
* There will be a great drought at about this same time all over the
country.
* Many in the Church will become unrighteous and apostatize
* There will be a nuclear bomb or bombs go off in Northern Utah that will
affect as far south as the Salt Lake Valley.
* Hundreds of millions of foreign troops will invade America.
* The main foreign force in the Utah area will be Chinese or Chinese looking troops mixed with Latin American troops.
* He said that in the third year of the second term of President Bush, the U.S. economy would collapse, which in turn would cause a series of events, including an invasion of foreign troops on U.S. soil.
* Someone commenting that the patriarch must mean that President Bush (the 1st Pres. Bush) would be re-elected. Patriarch Wolfgramm then replied (remember, this is 1989) that it wasn't that Pres. Bush, but that it was the son of Pres. Bush who would become president that he was referring to.
A PROPHETIC WORD FOR UNITED STATES
AMERICA - A CALL TO PRAYER - DAYS OF VISITATION
THE UNKNOWN PROPHET
Oct 19, 2004 (Via Upstream ministries)
For this is the day that I'm calling my people, for this is the day and the hour that I'm calling my people to pray. And it is in this day and in this hour that I'm calling my people to pray for America, says the Lord of Hosts.
For I tell you - you have seen attacks here and attacks there, but a great darkness tries to arise against you, America. There comes a darkness and a violent assault against you, and the things you have seen and experienced in the past are but the beginning of an onslaught in the spirit realm that heralds in the season of the very end of days.
And so my children, I call you beloved - come stir yourselves as the mighty men of old from your closets.
And so my children I call you Intercessors, I call my Ministers, I call my Prophets, I call my Apostles, Awake! Awake! Be stirred up with my might. Be stirred up with my power.
For I call you from the East and from the West from the South and from the North to cry out for this nation - Cry out - Cry out for this nation.
'Cry out - cry out!" says the spirit of the Living God - 'and do not cease from your groaning- For what the enemy would seek to wrest upon you, America, I the Living God say to you - It shall be thwarted - the terror and the burning and the violence that would be propogated against you New York - against you, Washington DC- against you - California - even that which has been planned for the Mid West says the Lord - shall be greatly impeded by the prayers of my saints.
So this day I search for a people who will stand in the gap for cities whose right hands are filled with iniquity - And as I search I weep, for the walls and the cisterns of the east are broken and fragmented and I call upon my people to build up the walls - I call you by my spirit to mend the cisterns - to build up the broken places -Build I say - Build - Protect - Protect in the spirit realm - And see what I - the Living God will do.
For if my people, called by My Name will stand in the gap and cry out to me for deliverance - surely I tell you - the plans and the strategies of the enemy shall be hindered in mid-track - for there shall be an exposing and an uncovering of strategy and of times and of people, even of places says the Lord - yes - even as my saints stir themselves to prayer - so shall it be - that even in the high places of office many shall start to operate by the gift of discernment and the word of knowledge - and the searing light of My Spirit shall expose the strategies of darkness and even time after time again and again the webs of deceit planned against you, America shall be exposed and disentangled and rendered ineffective against you.
- For I tell you that even as my people rise up and cry out for deliverance so the Mighty Battalions of My Angelic Hosts shall be released across the cities and the skies across America. The skies! The skies - says the Lord - and mighty angelic canopies of protection shall be released in the heavenlies across entire cities - Entire states shall know my Angelic protection in the days of visitation that lie ahead.
For surely America - days of visitation - days of visitation shall sweep across this nations in the hour ahead.
Oh - for many of my servants have cried out to me in their closets for revival. Revival! And I tell you - that for all who have laid their lives down in the secret place - to all who have spent their hours in prayer and in supplication - to all who have stood in the gap pleading for this nation - so I tell you that in this next hour - the Spirit of Revival and the Spirit of Visitation is about to sweep this nation in a manner hitherto unprecedented - yes and where in years gone by there have been outbreaks and pockets of visitation -
So I tell you that in this next season America - Prepare! Prepare yourselves for a mighty living torrent of my spirit to flood this nation. For surely I have heard my Pastors - for surely I have hearkened to my Prophets and my Evangelists as they have cried out to me - for surely they have seen this Hour of Visitation. The hour when the very fear and wonder of my Name and My presence shall yet sweep both the the churched and the unchurched of this nation, America - the Hour of Visitation. He Who Dwells In The Secret Place Shall Abide Under The Shadow of the Almighty. Psalm 91:1 No matter what happens, if mountains be fallen and thrown into the sea, or the seas roar and the earth quakes, God will be your fortress and shelter if you will abide in Him. Disciples and Servants Of Christ,
A PROPHETIC WORD FOR UNITED STATES
Rejoice in the Midst of Turmoil
Priscilla Van Sutphin
Rejoice in the Midst of Turmoil
Oct. 24th, 2004
I am determining a sentence against America for all the pornography, for all the murder and witchcraft in high places, for all the greed and pride of man that has ascended to My nostrils. Surely in a flood of great waters I will keep you.
Do not be distressed at the times that lay before you for I AM will be with you in a whole new way. I will, I will, I will never leave you nor forsake you. And he that stands and does not turn back I will make to inherit all the promises of those who overcome. Do not hide from ME now My beloveds. Now is the time for intimacy for soon I will bring My glory and you will be changed in a moment. I am perfecting My bride and you will see the glory of the Lord and declare My goodness to the lost and hurting. I will do startling miracles in you.
Ps 32:6-7 NKJV For this cause everyone who is godly shall pray to You in a time when You may be found; Surely in a flood of great waters they shall not come near him. 7 You are my hiding place; You shall preserve me from trouble; You shall surround me with songs of deliverance.
Although there will be turmoil and groanings in the earth, MY people who are called by My name, will do wonderful and great exploits in My name. You will no longer walk in the ways of your past. The enemy's strongholds will be laid waste as I come to you. So do not stress over the signs of the times, but know that I have a surprise package coming to you, that will bring great peace and love and joy inexpressible and overflowing to your heart ! Hold on for the best is yet to come ! Generations have looked forward to what you will see fulfilled in your times. GREAT JOY will fill your hearts as I do my marvelous work inside you !
Rejoice and be exceedingly glad at the persecution you will feel from those who hate Me, for great will be your reward in heaven. Do not allow discouragement and torment an open door. Watch your speech and keep yourself from prophesying negative things against yourself. Prophesy the TRUTH daily over your life and do not give in to the distractions of the evil one. KEEP YOUR EYES ON ME. I am here for you always and forever. I am a God close at hand and not afar off.
Luke 6:22-23 NKJV Blessed are you when men hate you, And when they exclude you, And revile you, and cast out your name as evil, For the Son of Man's sake. 23 Rejoice in that day and leap for joy! For indeed your reward is great in heaven, For in like manner their fathers did to the prophets.
A PROPHETIC WORD FOR UNITED STATES
The Last U.S. President - A Time To Flee, Part 1
Angel Dahilig, originally 4/21/2002.
Released August 17, 2003
Job 33:14-18:
14 For God does speak -- now one way, now another -- though man may not perceive it.
15 In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falls on men as they slumber in their beds,
16 he may speak in their ears and terrify them with warnings,
17 to turn man from wrongdoing and keep him from pride,
18 to preserve his soul from the pit, his life from perishing by the sword.
On the early morning of April 21st, 2002, I believe the Lord spoke to me in a dream.
I saw myself inside of the White House of the United States of America. I knew that President Bush had just moved out and the next President was to move in. I heard or knew that President Bush's presidency was represented by the color "yellow" (seems like I saw a pale yellow). I heard. "The tribulation has already begun, but some haven't recognized it as having begun yet." I also heard, "Some have wondered if President Bush is the anti-Christ, but he is NOT ." and "President Bush will complete out his term." The next President was yet to move in, and I saw that his color was a drab bluish-grey, yet I was perplexed because if the new President hadn’t actually moved in yet, why was I seeing the White House walls painted in this drab gray color already?
While I was in the White House, I had the feeling of dread in my heart and I just wanted to get out of there and run, and I heard these words about the next President or Leader. "HE WILL BE DREADFUL AND FEARFUL. JOY WILL ESCAPE AT THAT TIME. IT WILL BE A TIME TO FLEE, TO ESCAPE." I also heard that the next President "WILL BE THE END." I heard these exact words . "WITHIN 48 MONTHS WILL BE THE END!" (That was the timeframe I heard at the time that I had the dream, in April 2002. )
But then I heard these reassurances from The Lord. "BUT, THOSE WHO LOOK TO ME, I WILL EXALT, I WILL KEEP."
The Lord speaks to give warning to the erring and to give hope to the righteous. God's judgments always come with the HOPE OF REDEMPTION for HIS REMNANT, THE SPOTLESS BRIDE OF CHRIST. Soon it will be a time unlike any time known to us. IT WILL BE A TIME OF DREAD, AND JOY SHALL ESCAPE. (Isaiah 15-16, Joel 1-3, Isaiah 24-26, Jeremiah 48).
God's Judgment Preceded by A Warning with A Timeframe
For those of you skeptical of timeframes, as I was. The Lord showed me Isaiah, chapters 15-16, which is about the judgment decreed against Moab. I saw correlations of what I heard in my dream and what is written in this passage of scripture. My eyes were opened with this passage:
Isaiah 16:13-14 -- This is the word the Lord has already spoken concerning Moab. But now the Lord says: "WITHIN THREE YEARS, as a servant is bound by contract would count them, Moab's splendor and all her many people will be despised, and her survivors will be very few and feeble."
I was praying about this dream in Sept 2002, when I released a first draft to a handful of people. That same week, I saw the headlines read "Thousands FLEE Isadora". Also, that same week, my 8 year old son brought me a book to read to him called The Trail of Tears, which is about the American Indians being forced to flee from their ho